Door-hanger.



No. 821,630. PATENTED MAY 29, 1906. P. M. ELLIOTT. DOOR HANGER.

APPLICATION FILED NOV.16, 1904.

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P. M. ELLIOTT.

DOOR HANGER.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 16, 1904.

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Marvzegy UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

PERCY M. ELLIOTT, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO Q & H COMPANY, ACORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

Patented May 29, 1906.

DOOR-HANGER.

N 0. 821,630. Specification of Letters Patent.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PERoY M. ELLIOTT, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Chicago, county of Cook, and State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Door-Hangers, of whichthe following is a specification and which are illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, forming a part thereof.

he invention relates to hangers for sliding doors for freight-cars; andits object is to provide means for clearing the track which supports thedoor and upon which the doorhangers travel, removing therefrom snow,ice, or cinders.

The invention consists, broadly, in the plow or scraper carried upon andprojecting in advance of the hanger and being immedi ately above andhaving its lower face parallel with the track upon which it is intendedto run. Preferably, though not necessarily,the plow or scraper isattached to or formedintegral with the hanger, as illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a detail side elevation of arailway-car and its door. Fig. 2 is a detail section on the line 2 2 ofFig. 1. Figs. 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 are details of some of the parts,showing modifications.

In the drawings there is shown at 10 a portion of the side wall of acar, at 11 a portion of a door, at 12 the track which supports the door,at 13 one of the door-hangers, at 14 the roller of such a hanger runningon the track 12, and at 15 a housing or cap covering or inclosing theroller.

All of the parts above named are in common use in the forms shown in thedrawings and many other forms. The present invention consists inproviding a plow or scraper which shall travel over the track in advanceof the roller 14, so as to remove any impediment. Such tracks areexposed and in practice frequently become covered with snow or ice orcinders to such an extent that the door cannot readily be opened withoutfirst removing such accumulation. It frequently happens that the doormust be quickly opened for the purpose of gaining access to the interior of the car during a short stop of the train, and annoying delaysoccur from the tedious operation of clearing the track with such toolsas may be available.

As illustrated in the drawings, the plow or scraper is formed as a partof the hanger 13 and integral therewith. In the type of hangerillustrated in Figs. 1, 2, and 3, in which the wheel is inclosed withina hood 15, the side walls of the hood are carried downwardly, and attheir lower end deflect outwardly, forming a plow, as shown at 16, oneach side of the hood. This plow terminates immediately above the track12, its edge projecting forwardly and encountering any obstacle oraccumulation upon the track. Preferably, but not necessarily, thisadvance edge is oblique to the direction of movement, as indicated at17, its inner end projecting forwardly, whereby the material encounteredis deflected outwardly.

While I have referred to the plow, when applied to the hooded form ofhousing for the wheel, as being formed by deflecting the lower end ofthe sides of the hood outwardly, it will be seen that the hood may begiven the truncated-cone form, as illustrated at 18 in Figs. 4: and 5,the lower edges of the side walls constituting the plow and beingdirected forwardly because of the shape of the hood itself.

In Figs. 6 and 7 there is shown form 19 of hanger-head, and in thisinstance the head is prolonged laterally and its ends carried downalmost to the plane of the track, as shown at 20, thereby forming theplow, and the face of the plow is preferably oblique to the line oftravel, as indicated at 21, for the purpose already stated.

claimas my invention- 1. In combination, a car door hanger adapted totravel on a track, a plow carried by the hanger and arranged to travelover and in proximity with the horizontal surface of the track.

2. In combination, a car door hanger adapted to travel on a track, aplow carried by the hanger and arranged to travel over and in proximitywith the horizontal surface the cage of the track, the face of the plowbeing 010- 4. Acar-doorhangerhavingthelower edges lique to the directionof travel. of the end walls of itshead directed forwardly 3. Incombination, a car-door, and a supand being approximately horizontal.

porting-hanger adapted to run on a track PERCY M. ELLIOTT. 5 and havinga forwardly-projecting plow, the Witnesses:

lower face of which is adjacent to the plane LOUIS K. GILLSON, ofbearing of the hanger. J. M. HOPKINS.

